An-Min Wu, Ph.D. Lecturer of Spatial Sciences Spatial Sciences Institute, University of Southern California

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1 An-Min Wu, Ph.D. Lecturer of Spatial Sciences Spatial Sciences Institute, University of Southern California 3616 Trousdale Parkway, AHF B55B, Los Angeles, CA Ph (213) Fax (213) EDUCATION PhD University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota Land and Atmospheric Science, Geographic Information Science minor Dissertation Title: Hillslope redistribution of soil organic carbon in the depressional landscape in Minnesota Co-advisers: Dr. Jay Bell and Dr. Ed Nater 2014 MS MEPC BS The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania Soil Science Thesis: Development of a vineyard site assessment model for Southeastern Pennsylvania using geospatial technologies Co-advisers: Dr. Gary W. Petersen and Dr. Rick Day The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania Environmental Pollution Control Paper: Distribution of soil test phosphorus in Pennsylvania Adviser: Dr. Gary W. Petersen National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Horticultural Science, Landscape Design & Planning Division CURRENT FULL-TIME APPOINTMENT Lecturer of Spatial Sciences, University of Southern California Courses taught: Concept of Spatial Thinking, Principles of Spatial Data Analysis, Spatial Analysis, Spatial Databases, The Water Planet laboratory Teaching in the interdisciplinary PhD program in Population, Health and Place Teaching in online MS and graduate certificate programs in Geographic Information Science & Technology (GIST) Teaching the laboratory sessions in the undergraduate General Education (GE) course The Water Planet since Aug 2016 PREVIOUS TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota Course: Field Study of Soils Course: Basic Soil Science (undergraduate GE) 2009 Managed course contents, attendance and grades on the online Moodle system Lectured the class when instructor was absent (~80 students) Assisted student learning and discussions in recitation sessions (7-15 students) Supervised field soil sampling and descriptions in small groups (3-7 students) 1

2 PREVIOUS TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Continued:) Assistant Coach, U of Minnesota Soil Judging Team, Springfield, MO 2013 Prepared the undergraduate student team for soil judging competition in the fields Co-Led the students to the regional competition (the 4 th place in Region V) Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University Graduate-level classes: Environmental Geographic Information Systems (GIS) & GIS Applications Supervised students in GIS learning during laboratory sessions and office hours Updated, prepared and graded weekly laboratory assignments Assistant Instructor, Land Analysis Curriculum Development, McVeytown, PA Assisted local k-12 teachers in Geography/GIS curriculum development RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Minnesota Department of Soil, Water, and Climate Evaluated national soil sampling strategy in the FIA database Built a spatial-explicit model to estimate soil carbon storage in main forest types Published and presented in the national conferences Project: Change detection of soil organic carbon in the Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA) program (Funded by U.S. Forest Service Northen Research Station) Graduate Research Assistant, University of Minnesota 2008, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate Supervised undergraduate field crews in soil sample collection and analysis Processed spatial soil data and derived terrain databases from lidar DEM Collected and mapped regional land use and agricultural census data Projects: Terrestrial carbon sequestration and storage in Midwest, USA; Distribution and movement of soil organic carbon in grassland and agricultural landscapes (Funded by Minnesota Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund) Full-Time Research Project Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University Geospatial Technology Program, Land Analysis Laboratory Prepared databases for the web-based GIS vineyard suitability Project: Grape Expectations: Pennsylvania s on-line GIS assesses vineyard site quality (Funded by Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture) Graduate Research Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University 2004 Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Coordinated with vineyard growers and grape experts to establish regional site selection criteria Visited, delineated and post-processed 24 wine-grape vineyard properties Developed spatial climate databases critical for grape growing in Pennsylvania using spatial statistics Modeled Pennsylvania s terroir using spatial soil, terrain, and climate databases 2

3 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Project Manager, Mapping Magellan Navigation (Formerly Thales), San Dimas, CA Mapping Engineer/GIS Analyst Thales Navigation, San Dimas, CA Research Project Scientist Geospatial Technology Program, University Park, PA PUBLICATIONS Journal Papers Fissore, C., Dalzell, B.J., Berhe, A.A., Voegtle, M., Evans, M., and Wu, A Influence of topography on soil organic carbon dynamics in a Southern California grassland. CATENA, 149, In prep. Wu, A., Bell, J.C., and Nater, E.A. Spatial predictive models for post-settlement alluvium using local and regional terrain attributes. Geoderma. In prep. Wu, A., Nater, E.A., Perry, C.H., Dalzell, B.J., and Wilson, B.T. Change detection of soil organic carbon in the Forest Inventory and Analysis database. Soil Science Society of America. Conference Proceedings Wu, A., Nater, E.A., Perry, C.H., Dalzell, B.J., and Wilson, B.T Change detection for soil carbon in the forest inventory and analysis, In: Pushing Boundaries New Directions in Inventory Techniques & Applications. Proceedings of FIA Science Symposium 2015, Portland, Oregon. PRESENTATIONS Wu, A., Nater, E.A., Perry, C.H., Dalzell, B.J., and Wilson, B.T Minimum detectable change of soil carbon in the U.S. Forest Inventory and Analysis database. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 14-18, 2015 [Poster Presentation]. Fissore, C., Dalzell, B.J., Berhe, A.A., Voegtle, M., Evans, M., and Wu, A Soil organic carbon relationships with terrain attributes in a southern California hillslope system. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 14-18, 2015 [Poster Presentation]. Wu, A., Nater, E.A., Perry, C.H., Dalzell, B.J., and Wilson, B.T Change detection for soil carbon in the FIA database. FIA Science Symposium. Portland, Oregon. December 8-10, 2015 [Oral Presentation]. Wu, A., Nater, E.A., Dalzell, B.J., and Perry, C.H. Soil carbon variability and change detection in the forest inventory analysis database of the United States. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 15-19, 2014 [Poster Presentation]. Wu, A., Bell, J.C., and Nater, E.A. Soil carbon storage potential under the impact of post-settlement deposition in depressional landscapes in Minnesota. 20 th World Congress of Soil Science. Jeju, South Korea. June 8-13, [Poster Presentation] Dalzell, B.J., Nater, E.A., Yoo, K., Fissore, C., and Wu, A. Terrain influences on soil organic carbon translocation and burial: Applications of high-resolution digital elevation models. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 9-13, [Poster Presentation] Wu., A. and Bell, J.C. Spatial prediction of post-settlement deposition in depressional landscapes of Minnesota. 10 th Biennial Meeting of Commission 1.5 Pedometrics, Division 1 of the International Union of Soil Science (Pedometrics 2013). Nairobi, Kenya. August 29, [Oral Presentation] Wu, A., Bell, J.C., and Nater, E.A. Understanding the spatial distribution and quantity of soil organic carbon in depressional landscape of Minnesota. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA. December 3-7, [Poster Presentation] 3

4 PRESENTATIONS (Continued:) Nater, E.A., Dalzell, B.J., Fissore, C., Wu, A., Yoo, K., and Ginakes, P. Legacy of topography and land use on erosion and soil organic carbon burial. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA. December 3-7, [Oral Presentation] Dalzell, B.J., Fissore, C., Nater, E.A., Yoo, K., and Wu, A. Redistribution of soil organic carbon in agricultural soils. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. October 9 12, [Oral Presentation] Wu, A., Bell, J. & Nater, E. Upslope influencing area terrain analysis For landscape soil carbon modeling. MN GIS/LIS Consortium Annual Conference, St. Cloud, MN. October 5 7, [Poster Presentation] Wu, A., Bell, J. & Nater, E. Spatial variability of soil carbon and post-settlement alluvium in the glaciated landscape of Minnesota. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meetings, Long Beach, CA. October 31 November 3, [Poster Presentation] Wu, A., Day, R.L. & Petersen, G.W. A vineyard site assessment model for Southeastern Pennsylvania using GIS. ASA-CSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. October, [Poster Presentation] Wu, A. Vineyard suitability analysis for Southeastern Pennsylvania. American Society of Enology and Viticulture Eastern Section Annual Meeting, Roanoke, VA. July 13-16, [Oral Presentation] Wu, A. Grape vineyard site selection. Vineyard Soil Workshop, Lancaster, PA. May [Invited Speaker] HONORS Wilford Gardner Fellowship 2014 World Congress of Soil Science Travel Fellowship, funded by National Science Foundation via Soil Science Society of America Howe Scholarship 2013 The Howe Graduate Fund, University of Minnesota Graduate Fellowship University of Minnesota Student Ambassador/ Scholarship 2004 American Congress on Survey and Mapping (ACSM) & Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) Member 2004 Gamma Signma Delta Agricultural Honor Society, Penn State Chapter PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENT Professional Soil Scientist In-Training (SSIT#143692) present Boreas Leadership Program: Communication and Media, Systems Thinking, Interactive Leadership. Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN 2013 GIS-Soil Research Laboratory Exchange, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL - Supervised by Dr. Sabine Gruwald 2012 Professional Development Workshop, Earth Science Women Network (ESWN), Boulder, CO 2011 Preparing Future Faculty Program Core Course I: Teaching in Higher Ed University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN 2010 Leadership Development Workshop I and II, American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Long Beach, CA 2010 Student Assistant, ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA 2009 Project Management Training, American Management Association, San Francisco, CA

5 GRANTS Wilford Gardner fellowship, Soil Science Society of America & National Science 2014 Scholarship, Howe Graduate Fund, U of Minnesota 2013 Baker and Kuehnast travel scholarship 2013 Research assistantship, Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund Research assistantship, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, U of Minnesota Martin travel grant, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, U of Minnesota 2010 Professional travel grant, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, U of Minnesota 2010 Graduate fellowship, University of Minnesota 2009 Teaching assistantship, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota 2009 Tuition grant-in-aid, Pennsylvania State University 2004 Research assistantship, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Pennsylvania State U Teaching assistantship, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Pennsylvania State U PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Association for Women Geoscientists California Geographic Information Association Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium COURSES TAUGHT University of Southern California SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking SSCI 582 Spatial Databases SSCI 583 Spatial Analysis SSCI 683 Principles of Spatial Data Analysis SSCI 265Lg The Water Planet (laboratory sessions only) present COMMITTEE MEMBERS University of Southern California, M.S. in Geographic Information Science and Technology Ryan Mock, Julia Goldsworth, Samantha Bamberger present LANGUAGE SKILLS English (excellent command/highly proficient) Mandarin Chinese (native) Taiwanese (native) COMMUNITY WORK - INSTITUTIONAL & PUBLIC SERVICE Gallery Interpreter, LA County Natural History Museum Judge, Los Angeles County Science Fair Advisory Board Member, Pedometrics Commission, International Union of Soil Sciences Judge, Twin Cities Regional Science Fair Board Member, Minnesota-China Academic and Agricultural Collaboration Program (MCAA) 5

6 COMMUNITY WORK - INSTITUTIONAL & PUBLIC SERVICE (Continued:) Interim Senate, Council of Graduate Students (COGS), University of Minnesota Graduate Education Committee, Student Representative Alternate, University of Minnesota Departmental Representative, COGS, University of Minnesota Treasurer, Shotokan Karate Club, University of Minnesota Vice President, Graduate Student Association, Department of Soil, Water and Climate, U of Minnesota Officer, GIS Student Organization, University of Minnesota Activity Executive Officer, Taiwanese Student Association, The Pennsylvania State University The News and Publication Officer, University Chorus, National Taiwan University 6